A bounded derivative model for prior ignorance about a real-valued parameter

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-483

  Walley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Department of mathematics; Double exponential prior; Exponential family; Imprecise probability; Lower prevision; Near ignorance; Translation invariance; Uniform prior; University of western australia; Upper and lower probability peter walley

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031491179     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00075     Document Type: Article

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